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54 Articles found on Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Donkey milking takes off
24-01-2012
A CENTRE caring for orphans and vulnerable children at Tsumeb have started milking donkeys to provide nutrition to the needy.The Tov Multipurpose Centre at Tsumeb was started in 2001 in response to
readGovt claims Tipeeg has created 7 000 jobs
24-01-2012
THE Government has spent just over N$200 000 on the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (Tipeeg) to create one job. So far N$1,7 billion has been spent on projects
readKatiti wins first round in newspaper libel case
24-01-2012
THE N$300 000 defamation claim of former Walvis Bay Municipality Chief Executive Officer Augustinus Katiti against The Namibian is due to continue after a ruling was given in Katiti’s favour in the
readDavos elites to seek reforms of ‘outdated’ capitalism
24-01-2012
ZURICH – Economic and political elites meeting this week at the Swiss resort of Davos will be asked to urgently find ways to reform a capitalist system that has been described as “outdated and
readSyria denounces Arabs for telling Assad to quit
24-01-2012
BEIRUT – Syria yesterday rebuffed an Arab League call for President Bashar Assad to step down in favour of a unity government as interference in its affairs, underlining its determination to defeat a
readBotswana eye Ghana scalp
24-01-2012
FRANCEVILLE – Following the remarkable feats of fellow southerners Angola and Zambia, expectations are high forAfrica Cup of Nations debutants Botswana to claim the scalp of powerhouse Ghana in their
readEmerging farmers have big job to do
24-01-2012
THE decline in white commercial farmers – from 100 000 in 1994 to about 42 000 – places a huge responsibility on emerging farmers to feed South Africa’s growing urban population.Mike Mangold, from
readSheep shearing at Olympics?
24-01-2012
WELLINGTON – A New Zealand farming lobby group says sheep shearing has the potential to become an Olympic demonstration sport and the “time has come to elevate shearing’s sporting status to the
readKarakul wool market slowly picking up
24-01-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – The market for white and black karakul wool in the Karas Region is slowly picking up after a lull in activity for more than a year due to low demand for exports. Keetmanshoop’s Agra
readItaly’s govt seeks to open competition
24-01-2012
MILAN – Italy’s government approved hotly contested emergency measures Friday to open competition in a wide range of sectors aimed at boosting growth and making room for young people in the work
readMTC ‘Aweh’ after all
24-01-2012
MOBILE network provider MTC has recently been in the spotlight regarding its failure to notify subscribers of changes to its popular Aweh prepaid package.Until October 18 last year Aweh subscribers
readHollande takes aim at finance world
24-01-2012
PARIS - Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, front-runner in the race to unseat French President Nicolas Sarkozy, declared war on the world of finance on Sunday in a keynote speech to 25 000
readCamelthorn ready to fight monopoly in beer market
24-01-2012
THE Camelthorn Brewing Company may be on the verge of breaking a decades-long near-monopoly in the Namibian beer industry.The firm was established in 2008 when it received the first brewing licence
readAfrican Digest
24-01-2012
Zambia to take back Libya-owned Zamtel LUSAKA – Zambia will take back a 75 per cent stake in local fixed-line operator Zamtel that is currently held by Lybia’s LAP Green Networks, Finance Minister
readInternational Digest
24-01-2012
Iran shuts down Barbie doll shops TEHRAN – Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semiofficial
readIs it Paradis(e) lost for Depp?
24-01-2012
JOHNNY Depp and long-time partner Vanessa Paradis “are all but finished” after nearly 14 years together, according to a cover story from People magazine.Tabloid speculation that the notoriously
readHeidi and Seal: ‘The End’
24-01-2012
Supermodel and ‘Project Runway’ TV host Heidi Klum and British singer Seal have confirmed ‘split rumours’, stating they are separating after seven years of marriage.The pair termed their parting
readSelebi’s ‘condition deteriorating’
24-01-2012
PRETORIA – Former police chief Jackie Selebi has been admitted into the intensive care unit at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, the Sowetan newspaper reported yesterday.His condition was
readANC mum on Malema appeal
24-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – A veil of silence has been drawn over the appeal hearing of African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema that reportedly got underway in Johannesburg yesterday
readPutin slams ultra-nationalists after protests
24-01-2012
MOSCOW – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cautioned yesterday against attempts to stir up ethnic discord and warned that he was ready to ban nationalist parties as he stepped up his Russian presidential
readYemen’s Saleh heads to US for medical care
24-01-2012
SANAA – President Ali Abdullah Saleh was en route to the United States for medical treatment, Yemen’s state news agency said yesterday, after a dramatic farewell speech that left his opponents
readInternational Criminal Court to try Kenya’s Ruto, Kenyatta
24-01-2012
THE HAGUE – Kenya’s presidential contenders Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, and two other men must stand trial at the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity during
readEU bans Iranian oil Tehran responds with threats
24-01-2012
BRUSSELS/TEHRAN – The European Union banned imports of oil from Iran yesterday and imposed a number of other economic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at
readOonkundana pafupi muuyuni
24-01-2012
London: Epangelo lya Britania olya ekelehi ethaneko ndyoka ta li ti na pu tulwe oveta oku kondjitha uufuthi wiitenda. Uufuthi mbuka owa kanithila nale omahupilo ga UK iiponda oomiliona 770 komumvo.
readOmugoyi poGobabis oya edhililwa natango
24-01-2012
OSHIPOTHA shaafekelwa yeli omugoyi ta ya kwatakanithwa neyugo kwa homatwa osha undulilwa komeho sigo omomasiku 24 ga April nuumvo. Oshipotha shika oshuundulilwa komeho opo aapolisi ya tsikile
readAafuthi yomapeko ina ya kwatwa natango
24-01-2012
OPOLISI oya li natango ta yi kongo aafekelwa mboka ya yaka omapeko gatatu gomatamaneko okuza pompangu ya mengestrata moVenduka oshiwike sha yi.Omukonakoni omukuluntu, Barry de Klerk okwa ti opolisi
readAayugi ya yaka po Jac-Mat
24-01-2012
AAYUGI ya homata ota ku tiwa oyi iteyele mositola yikwamalusheno niilongithi yoparadio nosho tuu ya Jac Mat moVenduka no ya yakamo iinimayongushu yoodola omayovi 400 000 mwa kwatelwa iimaliwa koomuma
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
24-01-2012
GENEVA: AANONGO momahupilo oya londodha kutya opena omaipulo kombinga yekoko momahupilo, oompito dhiilonga noshowo ombepo yegameno lyomahupilo miilongo oohandimwe nuumvo Elondodho ndika olya gandjwa
readEkandjo neinyengitho lya Pietertjie ongo Meya
24-01-2012
OMINISTA yOmalelo giitopolwa, iilando nOmagumbo oya lundilwa kutya oyo, yina mo sha mekuthemo lya meya nale gwa Rehoboth miilonga yuuwiliki ongo meya noshowo ongo oshilyo shelelo lyoshilando shoka.Ota
readOmageelo ga yaga kegonga kaadhipagi yopo Kaiti
24-01-2012
OOMPANGU dha Namibia odha uvu onkugo yoshigwana sho tashi indile uuyuki negameno kaayonaguli naataaguluki yompango. Etumwalaka ndika olya gandjwa mOhofa yopombanda metitano oshiwike shayi pethimbo
readOmugandjimayele gwopasimaneko
24-01-2012
OMUKOKOLI Peresidende, Sam Nujoma oku li omugandjimayele gwopasimaneko, kehangano lya East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau[ECE]. O The Namibian oyi na ombapila ya nyolwa momasiku 7 ga
readYa holoka mompangu medhipago lyomunandholongo omukwawo
24-01-2012
ETEKEPO lye kwatathano lyopahole mokati kaalumentu aanandholongo yane olyo aniwa lya fala medhipago lya nakusa, Eddie /Gomxob[33] mondholongo ya Venduka oshiwike shayi. /Gomxob okwa si sho a
readRamblers deny player mutiny
24-01-2012
AN alleged player mutiny sparked by outstanding wages at Ramblers that has led to an exodus of a number of star players has been rubbished by club official Nelson da Purificacao. The club was said to
readAfcon Fixtures
24-01-2012
Tuesday 24 January 2012 Ghana v Botswana 18h00 Mali v Guinea 21h00 Results Burkina Faso 1 – 2 Angola Ivory Coast 1 – 0 Sudan
readDuarte fumes at Angolan ‘anti-football’
24-01-2012
MALABO – Burkina Faso coach Paulo Duarte was furious with his players after two defensive blunders led to a 2-1 defeat by Angola in their African Nations Cup opener on Sunday.Duarte also lambasted
readTop rugby teams eye world club championship
24-01-2012
LONDON – The champions of the northern and southern hemispheres could soon face off in a world club championship if rugby chiefs can find a suitable place in the crowded international calendar.English
readMakarova savours Serena slaying
24-01-2012
MELBOURNE - Russian Ekaterina Makarova was scared stiff the first time she played Serena Williams but it was a different story in her shock thrashing of the American at the Australian Open
readGrace sets sights on masters
24-01-2012
AFTER climbing a phenomenal 166 positions in the latest world rankings released yesterday, South African golfing sensation Branden Grace says he has his eye on the Masters at Augusta in April.Grace,
readDefiant Mourinho deaf to whistling Real fans
24-01-2012
MADRID – Jose Mourinho refused to answer questions about a reported rift in the Real Madrid dressing room and said he was not affected by whistling directed at him by some Real fans during Sunday’s
readFootball Results
24-01-2012
Sunday, January 22 English Premier League Arsenal 1 - 2 Man Utd Man City 3 - 2 Tottenham German Bundesliga Leverkusen
readArsenal drift towards Champions League abyss
24-01-2012
LONDON – As Manchester United celebrated a 2-1 win at Arsenal on Sunday that kept their bid for a 20th English League title very much alive, their beaten opponents faced the growing prospect of
readSMSes for Tuesday 24 January 2012
24-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *I HAVE seen numerous students losing thousands of dollars by studying at colleges and so-called universities not accredited by our country. I think our Government has an obligation to
readThe Risk of Islamist Coups
24-01-2012
THE eastern half of what used to be Pakistan narrowly escaped a military coup last month. Brigadier Masud Razzak, the spokesman of the Bangladeshi army, announced on Thursday that “A band of fanatic
readOf Arithmetic, Debt And Tipeeg
24-01-2012
WHETHER it is the concern about the figure of above 51% unemployment rate or with the eye on the elections of 2014 we shall never know. But the authorities have decided to go Keynesian and throw money
readMediocrity must be punished – PM
24-01-2012
THE public service should focus on service delivery and must become an accountable organisation where effort and hard work are rewarded and mediocrity is punished.This was the message from Prime
readJohn Mutorwa sets 2012 goals
24-01-2012
AGRICULTURE, Water and Forestry Minister John Mutorwa yesterday met with his staff to speak frankly about what he would like accomplished this year.Mutorwa urged his staff that a number of critical
readFormer Italian ambassador to Namibia dies
24-01-2012
FORMER Italian ambassador to Namibia Massimo Baistrocchi died in Windhoek on Sunday evening following a heart attack.Baistrocchi served as Italian ambassador to Namibia from 2001 to 2004, but will be
readFrom The Twittersphere
24-01-2012
THE good, the bad and the ugly – tweeps mug the Twitter timeline with their views on life, life and more life, the sane, the insane and the inane:@Kelitiree: Mosquitos are shameless they need to be
readNotable Quotes
24-01-2012
IT’S a very different world in there [prison]. – Chief Inspector Barry de Klerk confirmed allegations of a multi-partner relationship between the four men claimed to have resulted in the death of
readDax speaks out about Rehoboth mess
24-01-2012
SWAPO needs to call the Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, Jerry Ekandjo, to order for his alleged contribution to the political mess at Rehoboth.So charged
readCop nabbed for ‘bribe’
24-01-2012
A 20-YEAR-OLD Police officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law after allegedly soliciting a bribe from South African tourists.Constable Willem Hansen was arrested at the Brakwater roadblock
readChief Zeraua’s funeral – a personal perspective
24-01-2012
YOU can learn a lot about a people by how they treat their children and elderly, by how they marry and bury. For four days last week, I had the privilege to learn a lot about the Otjiherero culture.
readAnother heatwave feared
24-01-2012
FOLLOWING a cool and rainy week and weekend in most parts of the country, it is expected that sunny and hot weather will return from today.This is despite Cyclone Funso which is making its way across
readAfcon 2012: Be A Player! Stand a chance of SCORING N$500!
24-01-2012
Join in the fan fervour as Africa revels in the continent's premier football festival! N$500 in cash is up for grabs as Africa's best battle it out in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.Four The Namibian
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